AFWL: Guaranty Trust Bank Announced as an Official Partner for Africa Fashion Week London

19:53Millicent Arebun

The organisers of Africa Fashion Week London are pleased to
announce Guaranty Trust Bank as one of this year’s official partners for
London’s premier fashion event scheduled to take place on 3-4 August 2012 at
London Spitalfields.

Guaranty Trust Bank, one of Africa’s largest financial
services providers, is once again set to reinforce its position as a foremost
African financial brand and a proudly African, truly international institution
with its support of the biggest African fashion event out of Africa to take
place in London in under a month.

“We are proud to have on board such a reputable financial
institution which has time and time again proved their support of various art
and design initiatives in Nigeria and beyond. GTB will not only lend their
support to AFWL but also to three of our designers who will be designing a
design each in collaboration with GTB and take part in an GTB sponsored fashion
show,” said Ronke Ademiluyi, founder and CEO of Africa Fashion Week London.

Established 20 years ago in 1990 and with subsidiaries in
all Anglophone West African Countries and the United Kingdom, Guaranty Trust
Bank has over the years, keenly supported artistic expressions especially those
of African origins in various parts of the world.

In what is set to be the biggest fashion extravaganza of the
Olympic summer, London’s hip Spitalfields Market will play host to over 60
African and African inspired designers with back to back runway shows and
exhibitions.

With stellar names of African fashion such as Adebayo Jones,
George Adesegun and Anita Quansah, high profile partners such as Mizani and
MoneyGram alongside GTB, Her Excellency Chief Mrs. Erelu Bisi Fayemi as a
patron, and leading media sponsors such as FAB Magazine and OH TV, Africa
Fashion Week London is set to be the finest fashion event of this summer.

Millicent Imade Arebun is a fashion blogger and editor with over 8years experience in the fashion business. CEO Millare Fashion Tv and Actn Fashion Editor of the National Daily Newspaper, Millicent is part of the new breed of industry players, quietly shaping, projecting and capturing the growth, travails and challenges, of the budding Nigerian fashion industry.